Martin Linton asked Andy Burnham what the average length of time is now for an initial decision on asylum cases and the time that it takes for removal, pointing out that previously people had come to his surgery who had been waiting seven or eight years for an initial interview.
Andy Burnham replied that when the Government first came to power the average time that a case took to be processed was two years but that now the majority of cases were handled in two months.
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